Ga Wei Chinese Cuisine is a Chinese restaurant on Perak Road in Singapore's Little India, holding a 4.9 Google rating from diners.
A good Chinese restaurant is judged on the plain dishes: whether the soup tastes of care, whether the greens are bright, whether a steamed fish comes out just done. Menus are built for sharing, so order family-style: a soup, a vegetable, one braised or fried main and, if the kitchen is confident, a whole fish, rather than a plate each. It also pays to ask what came in that morning, since busy neighbourhood kitchens often cook the fresh thing rather than the printed thing, and the answer usually points to the best food on the table. Come hungry and in company; the point of the format is the spread.
Tucked among Little India's spice shops and banana-leaf restaurants, Ga Wei gives Perak Road a Chinese table worth seeking out.